Chuck Szmanda wrote:
>A relatively low cost very compact spectrometer can be bought from Ocean
>Optics.
>>I'll second that. Universities also have access to an interesting
"trade in" plan for their low end instruments
http://www.oceanoptics.com/products/tradeineducation.asp.
You can get a big discount by sending them your Ultrospec II.
josh halpern
>>"Louis Hom" <lhom at OCF.Berkeley.EDU> wrote in message
>news:c9nm9p$2lji$1 at agate.berkeley.edu...>>>>Our lab is in need of a new UV-Vis spec and I was wondering if there's a
>>model/brand that folks might recommend (or advise against, for that
>>matter). We need decent quality for not too much money, mostly just basic
>>absorbance readings and obtaining spectra. Very infrequent kinetics work.
>>If we need to plug into an old laptop/PC for some functions, that can
>>probably be arranged too. Our current instrument (an LKB Ultrospec II
>>from the '80s) has a carousel in it, but I don't think anyone ever uses
>>that feature. Similarly, a split beam might be handy, but would rarely
>>find use. Any suggestions would be welcome.
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>>>>Lou Hom >K'93
>>lhom at ocf.berkeley.edu>>http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lhom/>>>>>>>>